The relationship between pain beliefs and pain severity in liver

Abstract

Background: This study was descriptive, prospective, and correlational conducted to evaluate the investigate the relationship between pain beliefs and postoperative pain severity in liver transplant patients.Methods: The study included 118 liver transplant patients. Pain beliefs in the preoperative period were assessed by the Pain Beliefs Scale. Pain intensity was evaluated using the Numerical Rating Scale in postoperative 24-72 h. Multiple normal distribution and homogeneity of variance in the analyses were checked using the SPSS 25 package program, and Structural Equation Modeling was established. Whether the severity of pain and pain beliefs were affected by sociodemographic, disease, and pain characteristics was assessed.Results: It was found that the mean pain severity of the patients was low. Mean psychological belief value was higher than the organic belief value. It was observed that there was a moderate positive correlation between the patients' mean pain severity score and pain belief total and sub-dimension score means (p < 0.05). In the Structural Equation Modeling established, it was found that psychological beliefs were more effective than organic beliefs on pain severity.Conclusion: The results of our study show that pain beliefs and pain severity are related. This study suggests a new perspective on the role of clinical and demographic factors on postoperative pain and shows that determining pain beliefs is important in pain control.

C1 [Bagci, Nazlican] Malatya Training & Res Hosp, Malatya, Turkey.

[Dogan, Runida] Inonu Univ, Fac Nursing, Dept Surg Nursing, Malatya, Turkey.